Prepnation.com Pre-Season Top 25 Poll

If you've been with me since I started this blog, you know I think that national polls are nothing but a bunch of crap!!

However, I do know that they're also fun.

So with that in mind, here's PrepNation.com's Top 25, which says that St. Xavier from Cincinnati is the best the nation has to offer. If in fact, St. Xavier is THE team, they'll get quite a test in the 3rd Annual Kirk Herbstreit Challenge when they face PrepNation.com's #3 team DeMatha.

Then there's the ultimate made-for-TV match-up on September 15th when Southlake Carroll takes on Northwestern for the bragging rights between Texas and Florida high school football crazies!

Here are the rankings with last year's records

1. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) (10-2)
2. Southlake Carroll (Southlake, TX) (16-0)
3. DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD) (12-0)
4. Northwestern (Miami, FL) (15-0)
5. Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, CA) (11-2)
6. Katy (TX) (13-1)
7. Independence (Charlotte, NC) (16-0)
8. South Panola (Batesville, MS) (15-0)
9. Warner Robins Northside (GA) (15-0
10. Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) (13-1)
11. Roswell (GA) (13-1-1)
12. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA) (8-3)
13. Jenks (OK) (13-1)
14. Maryville (TN) (15-0)
15. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (PA) (10-2)
16. John Curtis (River Ridge, LA) (14-0)
17. Salem (Virginia Beach, VA) (12-1)
18. Pahokee (FL) (14-0)
19. St. Rita (Chicago, IL) (13-1)
20. Colerain (Cincinnati, OH) (13-1)
21. Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, CA) (11-1)
22. Gaffney (SC) (15-0)
23. Columbine (Littleton, CO) (13-1)
24. Muskegeon (MI) (14-0)
25. St. Peter's (Jersey City, NJ) (11-1)